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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9871711" data-attributes="member: 9254">Depends.  You send a 6th level fighter to gather marsh herbs with zero relevant skills and they may pray for an enemy cavalry charge.  "Ooh, its good thing you made your CON save, that poison sumac is only going to give you disadvantage for the next 24 hours."  "But. (scratch-scratch)...there were no 'leaves of three'!""Yeah, sumac is just mean like that."Ultimately, a fetch quest is a fetch quest.  It comes down to the purpose of this in the overall game.  What is the point of the herb gathering?  Is it to establish characters' connection with a locale?  Their position in the social hierarchy?  An opportunity to fight RoUS?  The proper seasoning for supper? To witness Little Timmy being lead Underhill by the Blue Fairy?Only one of those purposes is dependent of level.Oh, I left off one: to allow PCs to demonstrate growth by outperforming expectations.  That is level dependent but could easily be foreshadowed with simple commentary. "Oh, don't ask Cormak to gather herbs, you know he never paid attention to Uncle Herbert's lessons.  Why not have him chop wood?""I'll be back with the herbs before lunch time, Aunt Marsha."</blockquote>